Automobile window screen



May 18 1926. 1,584,910

6. A. VOLKER AUTOMOBILE WINDOW SCREEN Filed May 15. 1925 16 MW oz Patented May 18, 1926.

PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE A. VOLKER, OF MONROE, MICHIGAN.

AUTOMOBILE wmnow soanmr.

Application filed ma 15, 1925. Serial No. 30,483.

Y My invention has for its object to provide a window screen that is particularly applicable for screening automobile windows.

The walls of closed automobile bodles are as thin as can possibly be madeand yet conserve the strength produced in the frame by the main stress and strain sustaining members. This is done,-as is well known, to obtain the maximum space within the body of the automobile com ared to. its exterior dimensions. The win ows are located between parts of the frame of the body and of the doors which form a part of the frame of the body, when considered as a whole, the parts being so connected as to form window openings. The glass plates which constitute the movable or window closing element of the windows are located between parts of the frame and cushioned runners or guides, for guiding the windows, when raised and lowcred, are located in channels that are formed in or secured to the parts of the frame. This provides means whereby the windows may be readily shifted. in the window wells and in the window openings of the frame and at the same time prevent rattling of the windows. This construction, however, leaves a very narrow outer edge portion in the frame openings for screening purposes and a very small space for secur ing the screens in position. Also the opening, or the space between the window frame parts, varyslightly in shape in the manufacture of the automobile andalso will vary as the automobile is used. By my invention I have provided a screen that will fit window openings of automobile body frames that differ slightly in shape and may be rigidly secured in position on the outside of the glass and without interference of movement of the glass and will not mar the finish of the automobile around the edge of the window. Thus the invention provides an automobile window screen that will be retained in position notwithstanding the vibration caused by driving the automobile and will not interfere with the raising and lowering of'the window.

The invention may be contained in screens that vary in form and, to illustrate a practical application of the invention, I have selected a screen containing the invention and shall describe it hereinafter. The screen selected as an example is shown in the accom'panying drawings. v

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of the screen in position showin its relation to the glass that is raised and ow- A ered to open and close the window. Fig. 2 is a view of an engaging member for securing the upper end, or part, of the screen in position. Fig. 3 is a side view of the screen removed from the window. Fig. 4 is a view of the section taken on the plane of the line 44 indicated in Fig. 1,

a position to wipe the edge of the openings of the automobile body when the screen is inserted in position in the opening, and so as to fill the space between the screen frame 2 and the body of the automobile and conform to any irregularity in the shape of the window openin of the automobile'body. In the preferred orm of structure the frame 2 isformed of strips 5 and 6'that are secured together by any suitable means and so as to clamp'and secure the edge of the mesh 1 and an inner edge portion of the leather strip 4.

, The structure of the window supporting part of automobiles vary. In Fig. 4 is shown one form of structure and may be considered to be a conventional illustration of the means used for supporting the glass open and closed position and at the same time prevent rattling of the window as the automobile is driven over the road. The screen frame is located outside of the window 7' and is secured in position by sheet metal pieces that are made to, engage the of an automobile window. The'glass 7, ex-

edge of the parts" of the automobile frame that form the'window openings. On the lower side of'we screen'is locatedaa sheet metal piece IO-jtba't is 'securedto -the frame:

I pivotally connected to the sides of the screen cats and near the uppers corners of the screen. Thus when the screen is inserted in position on the outside of the glass 7 of the window, the ieces 12 are so positioned as to be lowithin the area of the screen.- \Vhen the screen is located in position the sheet metal ieces are turned outwards so that they will en age the edge of the body frame that forms t e window opening. The sheet metal pieces 12, being thin, they may be located between the channel shaped felt strips 9, and the body frame of the automobile and thus will not interfere with the movement of the glass 7 along the felt cushioning strips. In the particular form, of

' pieces 12 shown in the drawin they are each secured by means of a stap e 13 havin one leg passing through the piece 12 an located nearer the center part of thescreen while the other leg of the staple 13 is located near the edge of the screen. Each sheet metal piece 12 has a recess 14 that will fit over the outer leg of the staple and thus form astop to hold the sheet metal iece in position of engagement within the body frame. When, therefore, it is desired to insert the screen in position it may be done by first placing it so :that the sheet metal piece 10 will engage the bod frame and then pushing the screen towar s the window 7 and turn' the sheet metal ieces 12 so that they will engage the bod rame. Thus the screen will by reason of tiie flexible strip 4 cover the s ace of the window opening and I guiding the glass when raised and lowered,

a screen frame smaller than the size of the window opening of the bod of the automobile frame, a flexible strip iaving an edge portion protruding from the edge of the screen frame and extending across the space between the screen frame and the body frame, aair of sheet metal pieces pivotally connecte to the screen frame near the upper corners of the screen frame for engaging the body frame at the sides of the window opening and between the cushioned guides and the body frame. 4

2. In an automobile window screen for closed automobiles having glass windows and cushioned guides located in channels for guiding the glass when raised and lowered, a screen frame smaller than the size of the window opening of the bod of the automobile frame, a flexible strip having an ed e portion protruding from the edge of the screen frame and extending across the space between the screen frame and the body frame, a pair of sheet metal pieces located near the upper corners of the screen frame for. engaging the body frame at the sides of the window opening and between the cushioned guides and the body frame, sta les havin one leg extending through the ast name sheet metal pieces for pivotally connecting the said pieces to the screen frame, each of thesaid lastnamed sheet metal pieces having a recess fitting around the remaining le of each staple.

n testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name to this s ecification.

OLARENG A. VOLKER. 

